I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.
- Barbara Kruger Quote

I think that every so-called history book and film biography should be prefaced by the statement that what follows is the author's rendition of events and circumstances.
- Barbara Kruger Quote

I think there are different ways of being rigorous, and I am asking people to be as rigorous in their pleasure as in their criticism.
- Barbara Kruger Quote

I try to deal with the complexities of power and social life, but as far as the visual presentation goes I purposely avoid a high degree of difficulty.
- Barbara Kruger Quote

I want people to be drawn into the space of the work. And a lot of people are like me in that they have relatively short attention spans. So I shoot for the window of opportunity.
- Barbara Kruger Quote

There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.
- Barbara Kruger Quote

There's a moment of recognition. It's that white-light kind of stuff that just "works." I love that. And you know it when it happens, whether it's a movie, music, a building, a book.
- Barbara Kruger Quote

Warhol's images made sense to me, although I knew nothing at the time of his background in commercial art. To be honest, I didn't think about him a hell of a lot.
- Barbara Kruger Quote

What makes the production of my work so expensive? The whole installation thing - the construction, the objects, the technology. It really adds up.
- Barbara Kruger Quote